New store opens to pay for spaying, neutering animals

A former director of Humane Society of Monroe opened a store this week on LaPlaisance Road that pays for residents to have their animals spayed or neutered.

The store is the newest edition of Penny Bly's non-profit agency Friends of Companion Animals, which started offering vouchers to pet owners last November.

Many residents with feral cats on their property are trapping the animals and using Bly's vouchers to control the animal population.

Bly said she is currently working with two groups with cats: a woman with 25 barn cats, of which 12 or 13 have been fixed, and a group in Erie with 30 to 50 cats.

She has so far paid for 30 animals to be fixed and has raised $11,000.

Bly worked two and a half years as the director of operations for the Humane Society of Monroe. She retired from there eight months ago, and liaisons with the organization through her non-profit.

"We are targeting anyone who needs help," Ms. Bly said. "...We're hoping to get as many as possible... Once we get going it's not going to be a problem. Everybody knows an animal that needs to be fixed."

Ms. Bly's goal for this year is to fix 500 cats and about 125 dogs.

The store is located at 14500 LaPlaisance Road, unit B-30, in the Monroe Factory shops.

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